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In Camp at Bennington.

BENNINGTON, VT, August 1O.-Special
trains today brought the first brigade of the
Vermont National Guard, which goes into
camp until the 18th inst. Governor Ormsbee
will be here during the muster. Camp Seth
Warner is named after Col. Warner Of Rev
olutionary fame, and located on the grounds
of the Soldiers Home. Ten companies
comprise the First Regiment.
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ATTING AVERAGES,

Four of these players were in the New
England League last year and had the fol-
lowing averages then: Thayer, single 263.
total 373; Schoeneck, single 263, total, 1863;
Hatfield, single 256. total 319; and Galligan,
single 239, total 800. Each Of these men
with the exception Of Galligan, who has not
played long enough yet, Of course, to get his
average up, are considerably higher in per-
centage than last year. OF the other men,
bers Of last years team, Shelter had .2S7-
.494 0'Rourke, .275-.324; Kearns, .265-.375 !;
Wheelock, .246-.343; and Reilley, .193-.21s.
So it will be seen that the present team are
much heavier batters.
The next table gives the fielding averages
of the men. In cases where man has filed
two positions, like Dickerson, his percentage
in each position is given. Errors Of every
kind are taken into account
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THE NEWS IN WASHINGTON.
Farmers Having Good Luck With
Their Crops.
overhauIing the Rules Governing the
Civil Service
The President Still Expected to Visit
Massachusetts.

WASHINGTON, August Secretary Fair
child this afternoon accepted the offer of the
Suffolk Savings Bank of Boston to sell
s26OoOO registered A per cent. bonds at 11O
fiat. All the other proposals were rejected.
The Treasury today received applications
for prepayment of interest on bonds amount
ing to $3,3io,550, making a total of S9,922,-
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MIR. Dorsey's Opinion.

NEW YORK, Aug. 1O.-Stephen W. Dorsey,
in an interview today said that Mr.. Blaine
would undoubtedly get the Republican nom
ination: that Gen. Fairchild will have that
for the Vice Presidency, and that Conkling
would re-enter public life if he could head
the party lie is sure to do it some time, and
is emphatically the coming man.
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CASE BALL.
New England League.


WORK OF the PORTLAND CLUB.
The following tables give some interesting
facts concerning the work Of the Portlands
this season. BY them one will readily see
what each man has done both with the bat
and in the field. The first one gives the bat
ting records (act ual hits) showing the per
centage of both the single and total base
hits made, as follows:
BATTING AVERAGES.
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oarsmen Making Deposits.

NEW YORK, Aug. 10.-The Turf, Field
and Farm has received the final instalment
of the $1,000 a side stakes, to be rowed for at
Saratoga, on Friday, by Bubear, champion
of England, and Wallace Ross. Hanlon and
Teemer have made their final deposits of
the $1,000 side for which they are to scull
at Toronto bay, Canada, on Saturday
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Is He Coming.

1t is stated on undoubted authority that
Notwithstanding the despatch sent to Provi-
dance by Colonel Lamont yesterday. stating
that the President has no intention of visit
ing Massachusetts at present, he will join
Mrs. Cleveland at Marion during the last few
do Of h1.r r,icit
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OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE
Kennebec Valley serIes.

The Maranocooks yesterday again defeat
ed the GARDENERS by score Of 10 to 9, thus
winning the championship OF Kennebec
county, having won two straight games out
Of three to be played.
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THE MAINE STATE PRESS,
MAINE.
Looking After the Salmon.

RocKLAND, Aug. 10.-T. p. Pierce, of
Rockland, has brought suit against parties
in Belfast, Searsport and Stockton for break
ing the laws for the protection of salmon.
These suits are brought ON the complaint of
John L. Thompson of New Castle, fish and
game warden. They cover some 40 violations
of law, and will be entered at the October
term of court in Belfast. One element of de-
fence viii be that the defendants viii claim
70 be in Penobscot river, which is exempt
from operations Of the law under which the
suits are brought.
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THE WEATHER.

WASHINGTON, Aug. IL.
The indications for Maine, New Hamp-
shire and Vermont are fair weather, south
westerly winds, and slight changes in the
temperature.
LOCAL WEATHER REPORT.
PORTLAND, Me-, Aug. 10, 1887.
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Prof. Morse on EVOLUTION.

NEW YORK, Aug. 1O.-Liberty Hall of
Columbia College was crowded tonight with
hundred scientists who listened to an adj
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other Games.

Base hts-Rochesters, 19;. Farmingtons, IS.
Errors-Rochesters. o; Farmingtons, 4. Earned
runs -Rochesters,. l; Farmingtons, 3. Batter
ies-Scru on and Johnson; Butler, Carleton and
Conway. Called on account Of darkness.
AT Louisyille-Louisvilles. 5; Cincinnatis,
4.
At st. Louis-St. Louis. l2; Clevelands, 4.
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The last table shows the number Of runs
made, bases stolen, and single, two base,
three base hits and home runs made by each
man. as follows:
RUNS, STOLEN BASES AND HITS.
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AMONG THE YAcHTsMEN.
The Race for tho Herald Cup to be
Sailed Today.
what Lieutenant Henn Thinks OF
American Yachts.
Two Young Yachtsmen OF Boston
whose Cruise Causes Anxiety.

MARBLEHEAD, Mass, Aug. 10.-The COM
mittee Of the Eastern Yacht Club Is making
elaborate preparations for the reception to
be given to the New York visitors tonight.
Arrangements for the race for the Boston
Herald cup have been completed, and the
race win be sailed, weather permitting, at
11.50 a. m. tomorrow. The Hull Yacht Club
will help to make up big feet BY its pres
ence, and unless the present winds die out
there will no doubt be 200 yachts at anchor
in the harbor before night. The programme
of the New York Yacht Club has not been
officially decided upon, although 1t Is gener-
ally thought that the New York committee
will act with the Eastern Yacht Club. There
appears to be general sentiment in favor OF
returning to Vineyard Haven after the Her
aid cup race tomorrow, and thence 70 New
port.
Sixteen first-class schooners have entered
for tOmorrow's race, and five first class, ten
second class and seven third class slOOps.
The contestants for the Boston Herald's
$1,000 cup will be the Volunteer, Mayfi0wer.
Puritan, Priscilla, and Atlantic.
LIEUTENANT Henn's Opinion.
In recent letter, Lieutenant Hem, Of
the yacht Galatea, says: Il think the Ameri-
cans are still ahead Of us in the matter Of
sails. am not sure whether the material
they use has not something to do with 1t. 1
have had look at the new Volunteer, and
as far as l can judge, she ought to be very
powerful and fast vessel. She Is deeper
than the Mayfower, and think will be fast
er. and will, therefore, give the Thistle
good race. i don't believe shall race the
Galatea any more. / only wanted to have
good, square race with the Mayfower for my
own satisfaction. have had 1t and am Sat-
through, and then up stick and home again,
some time in October. The modern Yankee
sloop is to all intents and purposes beamy
cutter with board. The rig, even to the
smallest details, is cutter. R0using bow
spirits and long t0pmasts are coming into
fashion, and heavy loaded keels are all the
rage. The days Of the old death-trap skim
ming dish are over in America. and moderate
beam and depth have won the day."
Feared to be Lost.
BosToN, Aug 10.-Much anxiety for their
safety is felt by the parents of George A.
Sears and James +. Howe, Jr., aged 10 and
q years respectively, living in Dorchester.
who, about two weeks ago, left on a cruise
along the North shore in the yacht Merle.
They intended to go as far as Bar Harbor,
and have not since been heard from. The
gravest apprehensions are felt that some ac-
cident has occurred, and any one having
seen the yacht or young men will confer
great favor by, sending such information as
they may have TO George L. Sears, 228 State
street, Boston. The Merle is black sloop,
about 25 feet long.
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Mean daily bar 29.99 Maximum ther. .73.1
Mean daily ther. .6G.7 Minimum ther. 55.3
Mean daily dwpt.60.7 Max vel. wind la
Mean daily hum. .Sl.3 Total precip...... %
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
Aug. 10, 1887, 1000 P.M.)
Observations taken at the same moment of time
at all stations.
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The Ninth Maine.

At the meeting of the Ninth Maine Regi-
ment Association at Old Orchard, Tuesday,
these officers were elected:
President Capt. Charles A. Brooks.
Vice Presldents-JOhn Harper, Il. Z. Tarr.
Seeretary-James Il. Sheppard.
IreaSurer-H. II. Hopkins. ,
Executive Committee-Ge0rge W. Brown, u.
HILL John Harper.
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of Bait imore, Nd, weighing about 1000
pounds. The bell was purchased by volun-
tary subscriptions, and cost about $500. 1t
was hung in the belfry Wednesday
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ooh, dcarm whispered Louisa, II don't
know anything about horses. You know,
don't your
"Well, = said the boy, scratching his head
they are giving two to one on lchiIBan
and six to ope on Pocomoke, but think it's
Il race for Asbort horse myself"
But cap ashort horse run as fast long
ones@ asked youisa in surprise.
Well" said'the boy, that depends, but
am backingOtid and you can get fifteen
to one ON him"
Well, well, hurry along and do what you
think best, OILY put it somewhere and don't
let anybody know"
The boy disappeared, and presently John
came back. She looked at him furtively to
see if he suspected anything, but Johns face
was like that of Sphinx. The boy returned,
too, and slipped a piece of paper into
Louisa's hand without attracting attention.
She hastily thrust it into her purse, feeling
woefully guilty. The race was run, and it
would be hard to say which was the moro
excited. When it was over, John said,
awkwardly, Louisa, you brought some
money on the track with yo1, didn't you"
YES, DEAR" she replied family, feeling
that now the storm was coming.
II guess you better let me have it." he
said, ITO tell the truth, have got rid of
mine A friend told me that a race was
coming certain way. he wanted me to
back it-and-[ did SO, and it's gone wrong,
you know; such things will sometimes, and
his courage returned rs he got the confess
sion out of his mouth.
Louisa trembled. 81 haven't got the
money john" she faltered; 'I--I-spcnt
it."
"The devil you didr' exclaimed John, UNI
calamity; ''humph! I'd like to know how
we are going to get home, to say nothing OF
having anything to eat" and he relapsed
into silence.
Louisa felt all the sorrow and anguish of
penitent. 1t took more nerve than it had
to bet her money to put her hand i'll her
bag, produce her ticket and pass it to John,
saying family:
perhaps this is worth something, They
might give you back the money if you told
them about itn
John did not hear the last part of her SEN
tence. He was staring hard at the bit OF
pasteboard, and all he could say was: "How
in thunder did you come to play that
horseW Then, before Louisa could say a
word, he turned before her, held the card
before her faceand exclaimed: "Have you
the slightest idea how much this is worthP
No" she answered, repressing a sob, II
didn't mean to, and | won't do it again,
won't, truly, and don't want TO come tc
the races again"
"Well." be assented, 81 don't think you'd
better, for this play was about the most
| absurd that could be made, but it just hap
pens that this particular ticket is worth
$540.n
They had pretty good dinner.
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AN APPALLING APPETITE.
Peculiar and Fatal Case of Texa
Sheep-Herder.

Peculiar and Fatal Case of Texas
Sheep-Herder
San antonio (7er.) Sp1tial to Globe Democrat.
Richard Gerfers, ranchmah in the north
western part of the county, colfrs to town
with the story of a very strange death which
recently happened in his neighborhood,
Joseph and Frederick Blauck were two
young men, living near him, engaged in
raising wool. For some time the latter had
been ailng with a disease which battied the
physicians and rapidly Slapped his strength.
Its most marked symptoms were extreme
emaciation and a marvellous appetite. 1t
was not tape worm, that was certain; but
further than this the doctors could not go.
''He could eat says Mr.. Gerfers, "a half
bushel of food and still be hungry" He
finally grew so weak that he did but little
work, putting in the time sitting about the
ranch and cooking for himself. He became
by-word for miles around, and many
neighbors came to see the living skeleton
get outside of anything within reach that
was edible On the day Of his death he vol
unteered to take out small flock of sheep
and herd them until shutdown. His brother
agreed, and in the morning FREDERICK left
the house with some 800 sheep in charge,
aud swinging on his arm was a gallon tin
bucket, filed with the ordinary Mexican
friioles. or beans. His brother visited him
about noon and found him all right, sitting
in the shade and watching the flock Craze.
Late in the evening Jacob became uneasy
at Friederichs absence and began a search
for him He found the sheep scattered by
twos and threes, and further on, lying di-
rectly in the path, was FreideFich's dead
body. He had evidently been walking, and
fallen dead as he stepped, for his feet rested
in the tracks they had made. His letn face
was in mass of half digested beark, par
TALLY glued together and thoroughly soaked
in torrent of blood, which had welled
from his throat. He was not cold when
found A jury of inquest was summoned,
They rendered verdict to the effect that
the man died from gorge of half-cooked
beans, which had swelled and ruptured the
stomach.
1t is supposed that young Blauck had
been too impatient to wait until his ueal
was thoroughly cooked, had filled hiSSselt
with the semi-raw vegetables and then
drank quantity of water. He was sitting
near pool when his brother last saw lin
alive.
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THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, JULY %, 1887.

sail was perhaps trifle taut but few days
under sail might easily give ii a different a =
pcarance Her lib was very English i'll cut,
and old suilors found more fault with this
piece of cloth than all the rest of the canvas
put together. The Volunteer kept over to-
ward Cape Ann, where several yachts could
be seen working III to Marble Head Harhor.
She wore ship astern of the two largest Of
these and gave chase. This furnished the
real test of her capacity. The yachts ahead
were soon identified as the iron Sioop PriS-
ella and the fast cutter Bedouln. All were
carving about the same canvas buttho Nol-
unteer was towing asteln. Nevertheless, III
was soon apparent that she was oNcEhauhnS
the Bedouin, Ii might have been four miles
Off Marblehead Neck when the Volunteer
started on the stern chase. When she
passed the Neck she had pulled up abreast OF
the Bedouin and passed her. AS the yachts
rounded into the harbor there was n remark
able gain and showed that the new boat was
very fast in ten-kuot breeze. Marble
head Point was crowded with spectators as
the Volunteer entered the harbor, and
cheers and the booming of cannon greeted
her arrival The large yachts at anchor
fired "A salute as the Volunteer dropped hen
anchor, and she was soon the centre Sk D
large fleet of dorics and tiny sailboatA
whose occupants were eager to see the yacht
that attracts so much attention The Tines
correspondent WAS soon ON board the V&l-
unteer, and to hurried queries answer was
made that Gen. Paine was delighted with
the working and speed of his sloop, that
designer Burgess was satisfied that he hay
designed a faster yacht than any that has
come before her, and that Capt. Half was
ready to swear that his charge was 1.-THE
COW that would eat thistle"
Said Mr.. Burgess: Il said | could make
yacht that would beat the Mayhower
twelve minutes in 40-mile race and think
/ have done it.p
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vYvO COUNTY OFFICERS. Books and Blarl
4 required by county offacer~ foR the use 4
the courts, or for Office uGe supplied 20 orderh
the MORNING NEWS PRINTING HOUSE
Whitaker street, SaYanxA4Ns
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QUARANTINE NOTICE.
OFFICE EgALrH OFFICER,
EAWANqAfA IA Mavf 1867

Z
SAyANHATH Ga, May 1, 1887.
From and after MAY 1st, asS7, the city ordL
nance which sneciqeg hbe ouarnntina Require
ments TO be Observed aNthe port Of Savannah
Georgia, for period of time ANNUALLY from Nav
f f5ssp November i''' will be most risIdiy en-.
Z Merchants and all other parties interested
will bqsuppliedsyith printed copies Of the Quar-
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Eromsted after this date and until further no
tice plf EeaIpships and vessels from South
Am6ficat Ceuxnl America, Mexico, West Indies
Sicily, ports Of ItalySNDuth of 20 degs North
latitude and codst OF Africa beween
10 degs. North and IL degs South latitude
direct or via American port will be sub
tected to close Quarantine and be required
10 report at tho Quarantine Station and b
treated as being from infected oSBuspected
ports or localities. Captains of these vessels
will have to remain at Quarantine Station until
their vessels are relieved.
All steamers and vessels from foreign ports
not included above direct or via Americau
ports, whether seeking, chartered or otherwise
will be required TO remaia la quarantine until
boarded and passed by the Quarantine Officer
Neither the Captains nor any one on board al
such vessels toiH be aILoleed To come 10 The cJ
un!d the DesseLs are tlspected and passed bv hsa
Quarantine officer
As ports or localities not herein enumerated
are reported unhealthy 10 the Sanitary Anthori.
ties Quarantine restrictions against sane Will
be enforced without further publication.
The quarantine regulation requiring the fyhss
II the quarantine flag on vessels sndjected "a
detention inspection 1ctH be yfaidly enforced
j. I. MCFARLAND. NJ. D.. Health Officer.
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take it. Since last September the members
of the working girls guilds-and there are
from twenty to twenty five such
associations in New York and
Brooklyn - following the example
set them by Miss Grace H. Dodge's Thirty
eighty Street Club and Miss Clara Potters
Girls Fndeavor Club have been boarding
spare silver bits and dollars for the vacation
fund, that should give them this month or
next fortnight each in the country Tho
orklng Girls Vacation Society spends the
money intrusted to it by factory girls, to-
bacco shippers, box makers, feather work
el's, Seamstresses, milliners, saleSwomen and
the whole army of self-dependent women as
carefully us may be, securing good quarters
at reasonable rates for the prisoners of brick
walls and pavements. The working girls in
Their bright summer gowns are as jaunty
and picturesque as the daughters of Croesus
himself, as they play tennis or swing in the
summer girls own hammock for the two
weeks of fresh air that make the rest of the
year easier to endure The working girl
earns her vacation and she knows how to en-
Joy 1t when she gets it.
PERSONAL GOSSIP.
AT Asbury Park the wrinkle of the month
is the ocean wrap which is donned by the
fair diver on emerging from the breakers.
Will stand salt water-iS cut after the fash
ion Of long raglan with ribbons to tie at
throat and chin, opera hood and loose tea
gown front OF gay surah or wash silk. This
dainty affair is held in readiness by attend
ant or friend, and the instant my lady steps
out OF the water it is wrapped about her.
She then takes her course back to cottage OF
hotel i'll leisurely comfort, instead of run
nlng the gauntlet of eyes in dripping MGR
maid guise. The ocean wrap is making bath
ing more popular.
Mrs. Hem, wife of the gallant lieutenant
of the Galatea, wears a fanciful yachting
gown this summer which has a pink Elton
Jacket, short and square cornered, opening
over white serge waistcoat affair, made
long, sharp pointed, with small side pockets
and ornamented down the front with silver
braid. Small silver buttons fasten the
waist, and the white cap is trimmed
with bows of ribbon the same shade as
the coat.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox looks thinner than
before her illness, and her eyes stand out
large and prominent. She is as vivacious as
eyer, and wears what the enthusiastic in
such matters call dreams" of white
gowns at Shelter Island, where she has been
staying.
Mrs. Jenness Miller wants women to weal
boots to match their gowns. The Princess
Of Wales may promenade in delicate hello
trope silk shoes whenever she wears a
delicate heliotrope silk gown, but the latest
OF the dress reformer miscalculateat depth
of the average democratic pocket, il
she expects to convert the generality of
women to her views i'll this regard.
And so Brown University will consider
yes, seriously consider-the advisability Of
admitting women next fall E, p, H.